Samsung appears to have softened its stance ahead of court-enforced peace talks with Apple, raising hope that this week's summit could see the beginning of the end of the patent wars.The head of Samsung Mobile JK Shin and CEO Choi Gee-sung are heading to the United States ahead of the meeting with Apple boss Tim Cook on Monday.Samsung vs AppleSamsun
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With all of the social media attention focused on Facebook's IPO, Zuckerberg's wedding and Pakistan briefly blocking Twitter this weekend, Microsoft has quietly launched its own attempt at a social networkThe So.Cl website, which has been in private Beta since December last year, is a social search service, which encourages members to share web-link
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The Pakistani government blocked access to Twitter this weekend, after instructing internet service providers to restrict access to the social network.The row erupted over a competition, actually hosted on Facebook, asking for people to post caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, something deemed blasphemous and highly offensive to some Muslims.While
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IntroductionMaking heads or tails of the carrier marketplace here in the States can be mind-boggling. While some carriers offer unlimited data plans, others do not. And of the ones who do offer unlimited plans, it often takes doing some research to find out exactly how "unlimited" that plan is.T-Mobile is one of the few major carriers to sti
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Making heads or tails of the carrier marketplace here in the States can be mind-boggling. While some carriers offer unlimited data plans, others do not. And of the ones who do offer unlimited plans, it often takes doing some research to find out exactly how "unlimited" that plan is.T-Mobile is one of the few major carriers to still offer unl
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Google's $12.5 billion (£8 billion) deal to buy Motorola has cleared the final hurdle and is heading for the finish line, after China became the last country to approve the takeover.The acquisition, which was agreed in principal back in August, had been subject to a worldwide review process with each country testing the proposal against its own ant
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Run Android on a PC? Yes you can!Android is taking over the smartphone world as the only viable competitor to Apple's iOS. Google's Andy Rubin recently announced that 850,000 devices are activated every day, which makes it a fantastic platform for development and experimentation. And while Android and iOS have many similarities, there's one big diff
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7 technologies we wish they would inventHurrah for science: boffins in France have invented anti-Wi-Fi wallpaper that looks and works like normal wallpaper but blocks Wi-Fi signals.It's even cleverer than it sounds, because while it blocks the frequencies on which Wi-Fi operates it doesn't block others, so it could prevent the neighbours piggy-backi
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Adobe Illustrator has long been the choice for illustration professionals, designers and anyone who wants to work with infinitely scalable vector graphics. Over the years it's gained some highly impressive features, such as mesh tools for drawing photo-realistic objects, perspective tools for taking the pain out of vanishing points and much, much mo
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How to uncover hidden PC activityWe recently looked at various techniques you can use to hide data in Windows, from simple filename tricks to complete encryption of the OS. Now we're going to turn the tables and discover ways to uncover hidden activity. There are plenty of reasons why someone might not want you to know that your security has been br
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The makers of the £22 ($35) Raspberry Pi computer will launch a plug-in camera module for the pocked-sized PC later this year.The company has released the first pictures of, and taken with, the camera which is presently rocking an impressive 14-megapixel sensor.However, that may be downgraded somewhat to keep the accessory affordable.The launch of
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Amazon will launch a 10.1-inch iteration of its popular Kindle Fire tablet in the third quarter of 2012, according to new reports.Digitimes reckons the company plans to take on the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 after cornering the 7-inch tablet market with the original Kindle Fire.A 10.1-inch tablet, especially if priced similarly to the $199
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Google has an 'extraordinarily close relationship' with David Cameron's government, according to a scathing report in the Daily Mail.The traditionally Tory-leaning newspaper expresses concern at the amount of meetings - at least one per month - between the search giant and the government since it took office in 2010.The 23 meetings, which include th
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Private space company SpaceX has aborted a planned launch to the International Space Station just 0.5 seconds before lift-off.The Dragon space capsule had been scheduled to blast-off on its debut mission, en route to deliver supplies to the International Space station, but an engine problem forced the company to call it off.The engines had all fired
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Control your PC with your phoneThere's something deeply liberating about being able to get one over on those huge, faceless and cold-hearted corporations, and nothing does that better than building your own recordable TV powerhouse in your living room - especially as companies like Virgin Media have announced package price hikes for those customers
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The new InDesign CS6 shows Adobe's commitment to design and page layout. The new features InDesign boasts are intended to make life easier for busy layout production work and also for anyone making page designs for more than one final format. Everyone in the DTP field is being asked to do more kinds of work than ever before - and not just taking pag
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What do you get if you combine a review of the world's first £7000 glasses-free 3D, 4K TV with a review of the best real-world LCD TV we've ever tested?Why, it's the TechRadar reviews section of course!It's been a cracking week for TV enthusiasts, and it doesn't end there either. Toshiba continues to amaze us with its 2012 products offering great p
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It's hard to say if GameStop's recent announcement of the creatively named mobile service called GameStop Mobile is forward-thinking or too-little-too-late.The service allows consumers with unlocked mobile devices (specifically GSM and HSPA phones) to use AT&T's mobile spectrum without having to deal with AT&T. The convenience, as expected,
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Acer is packing Intel's Ivy Bridge processor into the latest model of its TravelMate series of laptops.The TravelMate P243 will run on an Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor with Turbo Boost technology. It also features a 14-inch 1366x768 resolution screen, USB 3.0 port, HD webcam for video conferencing, 8GB of RAM, and option for a NVIDIA GeForce GT
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Facebook finished out its first day of public trading down by $4 (£2.5) from a strong opening around $42 (£26) to around $38(£24) by the sound of the bell.The cost plummeted to $38 just before noon before making a steady rise in the afternoon and eventually falling back down back to $38, the same price as the social media giant's initial IPO."
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Facebook finished out its first day of public trading down by $4 (£2.5) from a strong opening around $42 (£26) to around $38(£24) by the sound of the bell.The cost plummeted to $38 just before noon before making a steady rise in the afternoon and eventually falling back down back to $38, the same price as the social media giant's initial IPO."
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Starting May 20, Microsoft will offer students purchasing a PC of $699 or more a free 4GB Xbox 360, presumably to aid in their studies.Microsoft offered a similar deal last summer, and apparently it was successful enough to warrant a return.With Windows 8 just around the corner, it may seem wise to wait to buy a new PC, but a free $200 gaming consol
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The HTC Evo 4G LTE Android smartphone is being treated like an expatriate fugitive, held at the U.S. border by officials while they investigate whether HTC complied with a court order from December.A note from Best Buy to customers who pre-ordered the HTC Evo 4G LTE reportedly confirmed that they won't be getting the phone any time soon.HTC lost a p
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Microsoft may be treading water when it comes to Windows Phone adoption in the U.S., but the platform has already narrowly eclipsed the iPhone's market share in China, where the battle has only begun.After two years, Microsoft has few victories it can claim for the Windows Phone platform, which recently got a shot in the arm here in the U.S. with th
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A new product aimed at businesses wanting to take advantage of Facebook-commerce (f-commerce) has launched today.The new YESfstore Facebook storefront, allows customers to view and purchase products, get recommendations from friends and make secure payments with their credit or debit cards without leaving the Facebook application.Dr. Chandra Patni C
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Samsung is about to help the whole of the mobile market, as it readies a new memory chip for handsets.Not only is Samsung responsible for the likes of the Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note and most recently the Galaxy S3, it also produces a wide array of components which are used by all mobile manufacturers.Its latest development is 4 gigabit 20 nanometer low
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What do you need to be really popular on Apple's App store and to get into the overall "top free 25," list?The answer is in the US, you need to have at least 38,400 free daily downloads, or 3,530 paid downloads, according to some ball park** figures released by app analysts Distimo.Mobile phone app analytics business, Distimo has revealed so
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Woz Woz Ere – Sony has hired Steve 'The Wozinator' Wozniak to act as an advisor on its upcoming Sorkin-penned Steve Jobs: The Movie. So who will he be pitching to play him? We can't think of anyone. Woz is inimitable. He'll just have to play himself. [Gizmodo UK] Cash injection – Nokia's sold at least one thing this year – its New York office
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The popular Amazon Kindle Fire may be about to get even cheaper if plans to introduce an ad-supported model are implemented.According to AdAge, the online retail giant is exploring the possibility of placing ads onto the welcome screen of the Kindle Fire, with the ad income subsidising the cost of the hardware.The Kindle Fire is Amazon.com's best se
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PayPal believes that NFC is not the holy grail of future payment, telling TechRadar that the world could have moved on by the time enough people have the technology on their mobile phones. Many companies are pinning a good deal of hope on near field communication (NFC) technology, and many of the next generation of handsets will include the function
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Samsung reckons its Ultrabooks justify the hefty price tags they carry, even if the competition is cheaper.Speaking to LaptopMag, Won Park, vice president of sales and marketing at Samsung, said the firm believes consumers will happily pay more for the right features, even though Ultrabook prices have reportedly taken a dip in recent times.Park does
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After the mystery package of nuts received a couple of weeks ago, Olympus is up to similar tricks, sending out mysterious scrolls.Arriving in a large package this morning, unravelling the scroll revealed a quote by Charles Baudelaire which says " A portrait! What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound."Either O
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If you've ever thought "wouldn't it be great if I could move around the place merely by twitching my buttocks?" then we've got good news for you: the Honda UNI-CUB could well be the answer to your lazy prayers. It's a "personal mobility device" that enables you to scoot about the place like something out of WALL-E. So what is it, and
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Twitter has announced that it now honours Do Not Track requests so that users have more control over their privacy. It's one way you can opt out of follow recommendations that are tailored to you based on visits to websites and other Twitter accounts. If you decide you don't mind being tracked (or you use Chrome, see below) then Twitter will be show
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Telmap Navigator has been around for a long time as a standalone application – we reviewed it back in 2007 - but now it's free and it's available as a dedicated Blackberry app. Telmap Navigator can be downloaded on Blackberry's AppWorld and allows Blackberry users to turn their devices, into a real local search, mapping and navigation system with
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If you were brave enough to splash the cash on a Sony Tablet P, then you'll be glad to hear that the Android 4.0 update will be landing on May 24.Sony's other slate, the Tablet S, got its Ice Cream Sandwich update a few weeks ago, which has left Tablet P owners feeling a little envious.A Sony press release in Japan has now confirmed that Ice Cream S
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As the father of a young girl, the last thing I want her to encounter online is East Dulwich. The very idea of it, the thought of her innocent little eyes seeing uncensored East Dulwich content... I don't mind admitting that it makes me want to punch somebody in the face. Thank God, then, for the mobile network operators. Thanks to them, I can let m
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Although it is based on the Leica M9, the Leica M Monochrom has no colour filter array, so it can only record black and white images. This means that every one of its 18 million pixels is used to record brightness values, and there is no demosaicing of the red, green and blue signals to create a full colour image.Removing the RGGB (red, green, green
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Former Apple boss Steve Jobs worked closely on the firm's sixth-generation iPhone before he passed away in October of last year.Rumours surrounding the iPhone 5 suggest that it will come sporting a display at least 4-inches in size, and it looks like Jobs may have had a part to play in that decision.According to Bloomberg sources familiar with Apple
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Suggestions that Canon will announce a new camera to sit in its entry level line-up are increasing by the day.Recently rumoured specs for a Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i, to replace the 15 month old 600D include an 18 million pixel sensor and a touchscreen LCD. It's not known whether the sensor will be a new design, or adopted from one of Canon's existin
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